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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Scotland · Local authority
Renfrewshire
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Renfrewshire. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates15,996Searchable applications
143Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 14,635 approved or refused records
682Refused applications
13,953 approved · 682 refused · 575 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Aug 2005 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is indicative and may not contain the latest designations.
More application records
- Decided15/0634/TP
Felling of one Oak tree.
Site 20 Metres North West Of No 16 Limeview Crescent Paisley
Received 25 Aug 2015 - Decided15/0633/TP
Crown lifting of one Sycamore tree, pruning of one Beech tree and pruning of one Lime tree.
6 Linn Park Gardens Johnstone PA5 8LH
Received 25 Aug 2015 - Decided15/0156/LB
Display two non-illuminated fascia signs, four clerestory signs and six window vinyls.
Unit A 7 Gauze Street Paisley PA1 1EP
Received 4 Mar 2015 - Decided15/0097/CL
Part use of premises as office (Class 4), including construction of internal mezzanine floor.
15 Glasgow Road Renfrew
Received 16 Feb 2015 - Decided16/0156/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse, one and a half storey extension to rear, alteration to roof and formation of two dormers, one to front and one to side.
16 Darvel Crescent Paisley PA1 3EF
Received 9 Mar 2016 - Decided15/0674/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
7 Bourne Court Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9PN
Received 11 Sept 2015 - Decided15/0673/LB
Demolition of stables building.
Barnbeth House Clevans Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3RS
Received 11 Sept 2015 - Decided15/0965/PP
Erection of first floor extension to side of dwellinghouse.
83 Turnhill Drive Erskine PA8 7AY
Received 22 Dec 2015 - Decided16/0050/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse.
19 Castle Crescent Bishopton PA7 5HA
Received 1 Feb 2016 - Decided15/0844/PP
Installation of two replacement antennas and two additional transmission dishes on telecommunications tower, three equipment cabinets and ancillary telecommunications apparatus.
Land To North West Of East Muirdykes Farm Bowfield Road Howwood Johnstone
Received 6 Nov 2015 - Decided15/0843/PP
Erection of two flatted blocks (amendment to planning consent 06/0885/PP to allow the formation of pitched roofs)
Blocks 9A And 9B Arthur Henderson Avenue Paisley
Received 6 Nov 2015 - Decided15/0814/LB
Internal alterations and erection of flue to rear of building.
8 St Mirren Street Paisley PA1 1UA
Received 27 Oct 2015 - Decided15/0096/PP
Installation of a telecommunications equipment and equipment cabinet.
Land To East Of Junction With Park Drive Newshot Drive Erskine
Received 16 Feb 2015 - Decided15/0091/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse, formation of pitched roof over rear extension and formation of pitched roof over front and side dormer.
96 Gartmore Road Paisley PA1 3JS
Received 13 Feb 2015 - Decided15/0093/AD
Display one internally illuminated fascia sign.
20 Thornhill Johnstone
Received 16 Feb 2015 - Decided15/0092/PP
Alteration to frontage.
20 Thornhill Johnstone
Received 16 Feb 2015 - Decided16/0319/PP
Erection of two storey extension to rear of post office.
Post Office 188 Main Road Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9EP
Received 28 Apr 2016 - Decided16/0318/LB
Erection of 2 storey extension to western elevation (Renewal of listed building consent 13/0156/LB).
Main Building Paisley Abbey Abbey Close Paisley PA1 1JG
Received 28 Apr 2016 - Decided16/0317/PP
Erection of two storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
6 Tianavaig Erskine PA8 7EH
Received 28 Apr 2016 - Decided15/0672/LB
Erection of single storey extension to rear, installation of flue and vent to rear, alteration to glazed doors to rear and internal alterations to public house.
Fox And Hounds Public House 1 South Street Houston Johnstone PA6 7EN
Received 10 Sept 2015 - Decided15/0671/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear, installation of flue and extract fan to rear and alterations to glazed doors to rear of public house.
Fox And Hounds Public House 1 South Street Houston Johnstone PA6 7EN
Received 10 Sept 2015 - Decided16/0316/PP
Change of use from nightclub to restaurant in part and renewal/repair of glazed facades to North and East elevations, repainting of render/brick/metal cladding facades, alteration to roof/facade to rear and formation of car park to rear.
20 Bridge Street Paisley PA1 1XN
Received 28 Apr 2016 - Decided15/0483/TP
Felling of two Ash trees and four Sycamore trees
Land To West Of No 25 Gates Road Lochwinnoch
Received 24 Jun 2015 - Decided15/0482/PP
Installation of pontoon.
Main Building Clyde Muirshiel Park Visitors Centre Lochlip Road Lochwinnoch PA12 4EA
Received 24 Jun 2015
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Renfrewshire, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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